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Plant Citrus limon (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCIMENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANAL 0 Petiole not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANOL 0 Essential Oil 10.0 15.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANOL 0 Petiole not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTOPAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OSTHOL 15 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OSTHOLE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN 6 Essential Oil not available 207.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN 6 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OXYPEUCEDANIN-HYDRATE 2 Essential Oil not available 64.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 6.0 102.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 12.0 31.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil 4100.0 20000.0 -0.48 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 32 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 5 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperoxidative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiperoxynitrite 1 Duke, 1992 *